Example sentences of "and [verb] [noun] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these sorts of circumstances , the teacher 's predominant practical concern is not with the learning experiences of individual students , but with the overall ‘ instructional flow ’ of the lesson with how well it is proceeding to its intended conclusion and maintaining order as it does so . |
| 2 | But it was the resulting tsunami that did the greater damage : it lumbered away to the north-west , speeding up and gathering energy as it did so . |
| 3 | The provision of these conditions will encourage the buildup of soil life , particularly burrowing earthworms , and it is this active soil population which serves as the ‘ repair gang ’ to build an increasingly stable structure and to repair damage as it occurs . |
| 4 | By daylight it had been a sculptured shaft fluted with runnels of light and darkness , withdrawing stage by stage in charmed proportion , shedding weight and gaining impetus as it soared . |
| 5 | RSPB official Stan Davies said : ‘ The area is important to migrating and wintering birds as it remains frost-free . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Director ’ No. 5504 ‘ Jutland ’ passes the junction and housing estate as it approaches Nottingham with a train from Manchester in 1932 . |
| 7 | Throughout the seventeenth century , and far into the eighteenth , the issue of precedence continued to arouse strong feeling and generate disputes as it had done in earlier generations . |
| 8 | His word conveyed power and achieved results as it had from the time of creation itself . |